Skirt-marker.



M. ANDEBSEN. SKIRT MARKER. APPLIOATION FILED APILSO, 1912.

Patented Oct. 15,1912.

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l/l/l/E/VTOR Marie Andersen MARIE ANDEESEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SKIRT-MARKER.

Specification of Letter Patent.

Patented Got. 15, 1912.

Application filed April 30, 1912. Serial No. 694,277.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, MARIE ANDERSEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Skirt-Marker, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to apparel apparatus and particularly to devices employed for the purpose of determining the proper lengths of skirts.

The primary object of this invention is to produce a device of the character indicated which will be of a simple and comparatively cheap construction and which may be used by any woman whereby she may fit her own skirt with ease and accuracy.

The invention is also applicable for use in dress making establishments or wherever skirts are to be fitted, the construction being such that the person having her skirt fitted need only be detained a few minutes.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention are carried out in a preferred embodiment by means of the device hereinafter fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like charactors of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure l is a perspective View of the invention in use, a fragment of the ladys skirt being broken away to disclose certain parts which would otherwise be hidden from view; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the frame; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the frame and showing also the hoop or binder in place, resting upon the uppermost ring of the frame, a fragment of said binder being broken away to disclose said uppermost ring.

Referring particularly to the drawings for an understanding of the construction, I show at 10 a frame of circular outline as viewed looking down upon it, said frame comprising any suitable or desirable number of parallel horizontal rings 11 supported in spaced vertical relation each to each by any suitable means indicated, for instance, by a plurality of ribs 12. The ribs are rigidly connected in any convenient manner to all of said rings and extend sufliciently far above the uppermost ring 11 to support a binder ring 13. Said binder ring 13 is preferably slightly smaller in diameter than the uppermost frame ring 11, the ribs 12, therefore, being oifset slightly or bent inwardly to correspond. At the bottom of the frame is secured any suitable construction or form of foot piece 14, connected at its eX- tremities in any convenient manner, as indicated at 15, to the lowermost frame ring 11.

At 16 I show a hoop or binder of circular form and adapted to slip over and rest upon the aforesaid binder ring of the frame. Said hoop is formed preferably of material having an inwardly projecting flange 16 and a downwardly projecting flange 16". The flange 16 rests upon the top of the ring 13, and the flange 16 surrounds the ring 13, as shown in Fig. 3. Connected to the hoop are handles 17 of any suitable construction or length and permanently connected to the hoop in any desired manner.

The functions and mode of operation of the device are substantially as follows: It having been decided how many inches the skirt is to be hung from the floor, the operator will chalk the particular ring 11 of the frame which will correspond to the height of the skirt, such chalking being carried all the way around the frame on such ring only. The lady then steps within the frame and stands therein upon the foot piece 14 whereby the frame will be held stationary while she stands in such position. While standing in this position, the skirt, inside out, is adjusted at the waist and properly draped with its lower portion hanging loosely around the frame 10. The lady standing, as above described, in natural position, it is an easy matter for the skirt to be adjusted properly as described. The hoop 16 with the handles 17 upward is then passed over the ladys shoulders and hips and is slipped down toward the position indicated in Fig. 1, when the handles will be grasped, and, without stooping or disturbing the adjust mentof the skirt, the hoop 16 will be forced snugly downward, embracing the binder ring 13 and clamping the lower portion of the skirt in fixed relation to the frame, the hoop 16 remaining in place by its own weight and by the frictional engagement between it and the other parts. The skirt is then loosened at the waist and the lady steps out of the same and the frame, leaving the skirt secured as above described by means of the hoop. The operator then presses with her hands lightly around the outside of the skirt against the marked ring 11, causing a distinct chalk mark to be formed entirely around the skirt on the right side. The skirt may then be removed from the frame by first removing the hoop 16, and with the mark applied as describ d, the skirt may be easily turned up accordingly and at the exact desired height.

The marker may comprise any suitable materials, and the sizes and proportions thereof may be varied to any reasonable extent Without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The herein. described skirt marke comprising a frame having a series of parallel horizontal rings, m ans to secure said rings in fixed relation to one another, and a foot piece connected to the lowermost frame ring, and a hoop adapted to embrace and rest upon the uppermost frame ring, substan tially as set forth.

2. In a skirt marker, the combination of a frame including a series of parallel marking rings, means at the bottom of the frame to secure the same in stationary position when in use, and a binder ring of slightly less diameter than the marking rings at the top of the frame, a hoop comprising an in wardly extended flange adapted to rest upon said binder ring and a'downwardly projecting flange surrounding said binder ring, and hand means to manipulate said hoop.

8. In a skirt marker, the combination of a plurality of horizontal rings superimposed one above the other and adapted to be surrounded by the skirt to be marked, means to support the rings, one of said rings carrying marking material to indicate the height of. the skirt from the floor, and means operable by the person Wearing said skirt, While standing erect, to clamp the skirt to one of the rings aforesaid above the ring carrying the marking material, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingWitnesses.

MARIE ANDERSEN.

itnesses i 1 GEO. L. BEELER, PHILIP D. RoLLI-rAUs.

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